Web Map Service

This standard provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting geo-registered map images from one or more distributed geospatial databases. A WMS request defines the geographic layer(s) and area of interest to be processed. The response to the request is one or more geo-registered map images (returned as JPEG, PNG, etc) that can be displayed in a browser application.

Documents

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Document title	Version	OGC Doc No.	Type
OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) Implementation Specification	1.3.0	06-042	IS
Web Map Services - Application Profile for EO Products		07-063r1	BP
Web Map Services - Application Profile for EO Products		07-063	D-BP
OpenGIS Web Map Services - Application Profile for EO Products		06-093	D-DP
Defence Profile of OGC Web Map Service 1.3 Revision		09-102r3	BP
DGIWG WMS 1.3 Profile and systems requirements for interoperability for use within a military environment		09-102	BP
OpenGIS Tiled WMS Discussion Paper		07-057r2	D-DP
OGC Best Practice for using Web Map Services (WMS) with Time-Dependent or Elevation-Dependent Data		12-111r1	BP
Web Map Service	1.3.0	03-109r1	D-RP
OpenGIS Web Map Service (WMS) Implementation Specification	1.3.0	06-042	IS
Web Map Service	1.1.1	01-068r3	D-IS
Web Map Service	1.1	01-047r2	D-IS
Web Map Service	1.0	00-028	D-IS
WMS - Proposed Animation Service Extension	0.9	06-045r1	DP
WMS Change Request: Support for WSDL & SOAP	0.1.0	04-050r1	DP
WMS Part 2: XML for Requests using HTTP Post	0.0.3	02-017r1	DP

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Overview

The OpenGIS® Web Map Service Interface Standard (WMS) provides a simple HTTP interface for requesting geo-registered map images from one or more distributed geospatial databases. A WMS request defines the geographic layer(s) and area of interest to be processed. The response to the request is one or more geo-registered map images (returned as JPEG, PNG, etc) that can be displayed in a browser application. The interface also supports the ability to specify whether the returned images should be transparent so that layers from multiple servers can be combined or not.

NOTE: WMS 1.3 and ISO 19128 are the same documents.